Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-05-12

OSE hunQrc0 ana uIty miners were ca
tombed by an explosion in shaft of the
Victoria Company's coal mine at Nanaimo.
B. c., on the night of the 3D. 1t was thought
that all the men must have persisted as the
mine shortly afterward caught fire.
ADvICEs from st. Petersburg say that
nihilists set fire to police station and
eight policemen persisted in the flames and
lowing timber yard was destroyed by
fire and several workmen and firemen
killed.
THE court martial called at Guaymas,
Mex, to try the prisoners for outrages COM
mitted March 3, at Nogales, Ari, was held
ON the 4th. Colonel Arvisah Misu. Lieuten-
ant Gutierrez and Emanuel Valanzuela were
sentenced TO be shot
The Canadian Manufacturers Associa-
ton has adopted a resolution unanimously
opposing any treaty between Canada and
the United States which will admit Amer
lean manufactures into Canada free Of
duty.
THE earthquake of the Sd was extensive
ly experienced. The mountains in Mexico
were severely shaken, immense masses
falling to the base. At Wilcox, A. T., a
building was shaken down. At Winches-
ter, A T., volcano appeared, also one
near Benson No one was reported killed,
but the alarm was general, the Indians eS-
pecially showing terror
THE pool of the manufacturers of wall
paper of the United States has been aban-
doned and prices are expected to fall
THE Gar, Czarina and members of the
imperial household will leave st. Peters
burg shortly for the Don Cossack country.
The entire line will be guarded by troops
The four-year-old bay colt Carlton won
the Chester cup at Chester, England; Iron
clad second, Hungarian third.
TRADEsMEN supplying the French troops
will mi no oil To fnrf he cute,
companied by soldiers.
QUEEN KAPIoLANI, of the Sandwich ISL
ands. and the Princess Liliuakilani and
members of their suite called at the White
House on the 4ih and paid their respects to
the President and Mrs. Cleveland
A FULL inquiry at Halifax, n. S., into
the report of the marine disaster at Sable
Island left NO doubt that there had been a
wreck. The lost vessel was supposed to be
schooner-apparentlya small craft.
COLONEL RIDGEwAY, the British Commits
sioner to the Anglo-Russian conference
for the definition of the Russo-Afghan
frontier, has been recalled. 1t is officially
denied that the conference has failed but
Russia has refused to yield on the Koooha
Leleh district, and no arrangement has been
reached as to the possession of Kilef.
THE Berlin correspondent of the Moscow
Gazette says that the German military
authorities are training mastiffs to hunt
the French outposts in the event of war,
and falcons and other birds of prey are
being trained to chase carrier pigeons
should the latter be employed by the French.
THE Mexicans celebrated the anniversary
of their victory over the French May 5.
A DISPATCH states that Prince Dhuleep
Singh, the India potentate who recently
left England, is at st. Petersburg He
offers to place himself unreservedly in the
service of Russia against England and
arouse up a rebellion in India against 1.-THE
oppressor of his race"
The steamer Aisle, from Barcelona for
Marseilles. has been sunk in collision
with the French Transatlantic Company's
steamer Aiaccio from Cette for Algiers.
Several passengers were drowned.
A FANATIC ran amuck at Odessa, Russia,
the other day and stabbed six Jews, killing
two. He was arrested in a restaurant,
where he attacked and injured jewish
waiter. A mob of Jews tried TO lynch
him.
Riots over the Wagner opera were re-
newed in Paris on the 9Th. Threats were
made against the German embassy, which
was protected by guard.
THE west bound accommodation on the
Intercolonial railway struck an avalanche
of snow near Moncton. n. B., on the 9TH.
Two engines and four frst-class cars ran
off the track. killing Fireman Pierre Lee
vasgeur and Brakeman Alfred Lavard.
MIR. KIMBALL, superintendent of the Life
Saving Service, is compiling the statistics
of the winters work. He says there were
more wrecks, more rescues and more loss
of life than in any year since the service
was organized.